It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.
Henry David Thoreau

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
Henry David Thoreau

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
Henry David Thoreau

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
Henry David Thoreau

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
Henry David Thoreau

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
Henry David Thoreau

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
Henry David Thoreau

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
Henry David Thoreau

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.
Henry David Thoreau

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Henry David Thoreau

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
Henry David Thoreau

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
Henry David Thoreau

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.
Henry David Thoreau

Live the life you've dreamed.
Henry David Thoreau

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Henry David Thoreau

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Henry David Thoreau

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
Henry David Thoreau

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Henry David Thoreau

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!
Henry David Thoreau